Abstract: A dispensing package, assembly and method for protectively transporting, storing and dispensing stacked nested food items subject to moisture deterioration, contamination and/or staling such as ice cream cones, cups and the like. The dispensing package is composed of a stack of nested items enclosed within an elongate packaging container formed of a relatively stiff but compliant laminate material (at least one paper layer and plastic layer) which is joined and sealed along one side to form a stiff but easily tearable integral elongate ridge member extending the length and projecting out from the package. The dispensing assembly includes the package in combination with an elongate cylindrical open-ended container wherein the extending elongate ridge of the package is received in such fashion as to maintain the package in dispensing position.

Abstract: An article holder and dispenser assembly including an elongate hollow container especially suitable for storing and dispensing nested articles such as ice cream cones, cups and the like is disclosed herein along with a particular arrangement including article retaining members for releasably retaining articles of different sizes at the discharge end of the container. The overall assembly, as disclosed, also includes a retainer locking ring removably positioned within the hollow container and cooperating with the article retaining members for preventing the latter from allowing the articles, once dispensed, from being reinserted back into the container through the discharge end.